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Chlorostilbon
''Chlorostilbon'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera '' Amazilia'' and '' Elvira''). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus ''Chlorestes'' or in ''Chlorostilbon''. The taxonomy of the ''C. mellisugus'' superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species. All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue. The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak. The genus ''Chlorostilbon'' was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861. Species The genus contains ten species: * Blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus'') * Garden emerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chlorostilbon
''Chlorostilbon'' is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera '' Amazilia'' and '' Elvira''). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus ''Chlorestes'' or in ''Chlorostilbon''. The taxonomy of the ''C. mellisugus'' superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species. All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue. The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak. The genus ''Chlorostilbon'' was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould. The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861. Species The genus contains ten species: * Blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus'') * Garden emerald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-tailed Emerald
The blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus'') is a hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The blue-tailed emerald was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his ''Systema Naturae'' under the binomial name ''Trochilus mellisugus''. The specific epithet combines the Latin ''mel'' meaning "honey" and ''sugere'' meaning "to suck". Linnaeus's description was typically brief and it was unclear w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green-tailed Emerald
The green-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon alice'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Venezuela. Taxonomy and systematics The green-tailed emerald was originally described as ''Trochilus alice'' and later moved to its present genus ''Chlorostilbon''.Bündgen, R., P. F. D. Boesman, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Green-tailed Emerald (''Chlorostilbon alice''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, B. K. Keeney, P. G. Rodewald, and T. S. Schulenberg, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.grteme1.01 retrieved August 3, 2022 The South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy recognize it as a monotypic species. However, BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World treats it as a subspecies of the short-tailed emerald, (''C. poortmani'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glittering-bellied Emerald
The glittering-bellied emerald (''Chlorostilbon lucidus'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The glittering-bellied emerald was widely called by the scientific name ''Chlorostilbon aureoventris'', but in 2006 J.F. Pacheco and B.M. Whitney showed that ''lucidus'' is the correct specific epithet due to the Principal of priority. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) assigns three subspecies to the glittering-bellied emerald: the nominate ''C. l. lucidus'', ''C. l. pucherani'', and ''C. l. beflepschi''. The Clements taxon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red-billed Emerald
The red-billed emerald (''Chlorostilbon gibsoni'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The red-billed emerald was originally described as a species and later treated as a subspecies of the blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus''). Since the early 2000s, most taxonomist have again treated it as a species in its own right. It has also at times been considered conspecific with the western emerald (''C. melanorhynchus'').Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short-tailed Emerald
The short-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon poortmani'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 It has also been called Poortman's emerald hummingbird. Gould, John, ''A Monograph of the Trochilidae or Humming Birds with 360 plates'' (5 volumes, 1849–1861); 'Poortman's Emerald Hummingbird' is Plate 358 in volume 5 (1861) but the lithograph was published in 1860 Taxonomy and systematics Two subspecies of short-tailed emerald are recognized by the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Emerald
The western emerald (''Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Taxonomy and systematics The western emerald was originally described as a species and later treated as a subspecies of the blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus''). Since the early 2000s the South American Classification Committee (SACC) of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy have again treated it as a species in its own right. However, as of 2020 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retained it as the ''C. mellisugus'' subspecies.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithological Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garden Emerald
The garden emerald (''Chlorostilbon assimilis'') is a small hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The garden emerald was at one time considered a subspecies of the blue-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon mellisugus'').del Hoyo, J., N. Collar, G. M. Kirwan, and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Garden Emerald (''Chlorostilbon assimilis''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gareme1.01 retrieved July 31, 2022 As its own species, it is monot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiribiquete Emerald
The Chiribiquete emerald (''Chlorostilbon olivaresi'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to southern Colombia.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The Chiribiquete emerald was first described in 1996. Its specific epithet ''olivaresi'' honors Fr. Antonio Olivares to recognize his contributions to Colombian ornithology and his persisting effort in building a bird collection for the Instituto de Ciencias Natural of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. It is monotypic. Description The Chiribiquete emerald is long. Males weigh about and females about . The male's bill has a black maxilla and a red mandible with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coppery Emerald
The coppery emerald (''Chlorostilbon russatus'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The coppery emerald is monotypic. Description The male coppery emerald is long and females . The species weighs between . Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The male's forehead, crown, and upperparts are shining golden green. Its uppertail coverts are coppery green, and its slightly forked tail is golden coppery. Its underparts are glittering golden green. The female's forehead, crown, upperparts, flanks, and uppertail coverts are coppery green and its underpa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narrow-tailed Emerald
The narrow-tailed emerald (''Chlorostilbon stenurus'') is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The narrow-tailed emerald has two subspecies, the nominate ''C. s. stenurus'' and ''C. s. ignotus''. At least one author has suggested that the green-tailed emerald (''C. alice'') is either a third subspecies or is contained within ''ignotus''.Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 24 July 2022. A classification of the bird species of South America. Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue-chinned Sapphire
The blue-chinned sapphire or blue-chinned emerald (''Chlorestes notata'') is a hummingbird that ranges from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad and Tobago, Peru, and Brazil. There have been occasional records from Tobago. For Brazil, the species' range is along the main Amazon River Basin, as well as the Atlantic Forest, both in the northeast, as well as far south on the southeast coastal strip, (an entire coastal strip, north-east-south of about 3000 km). It is sometimes placed in the genus ''Chlorostilbon''. It is a bird of forests and sometimes cultivated areas with large trees. The female lays her eggs in a deep cup nest, made of lichen and other fine plant material and placed on a horizontal tree branch. Incubation is 16 days with a further 18–19 days to fledging. Blue-chinned sapphires feed on insects and nectar, mainly in trees but sometimes on vines, shrubs, herbs, epiphytes or smaller plants like ''Heliconia ''Heliconia'', derived from the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
